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Description: Genre fluid music takes a swipe at musical categorisation. Argentinian artist Amalia Ulman presents her first film, El Planeta , at the Sundance Film Festival. Algerian-born artist Adel Abdessemed imbues his works with the violence of the world and The e-sports team Karmine Corp has won the European League of Legends Championships.

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Genre-Fluid Music / Amalia Ulman / Adel Abdessemed / Karmine Corp

Gender Fluid, Amalia Ulman, Adel Abdessemed

Genre fluid music takes a swipe at musical categorisation. Argentinian artist Amalia Ulman presents her first film, El Planeta, at the Sundance Film Festival. Algerian-born artist Adel Abdessemed imbues his works with the violence of the world  and The e-sports team Karmine Corp has won the European League of Legends Championships.

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Culture From the Other Side of the Tracks

<p>Genre fluid music takes a swipe at musical categorisation. Argentinian artist Amalia Ulman presents her first film, <i>El Planeta</i>, at the Sundance Film Festival. Algerian-born artist Adel Abdessemed imbues his works with the violence of the world  and The e-sports team Karmine Corp has won the European League of Legends Championships.</p>

 After gender fluid comes genre fluid as musical categorisation ends. Argentinian artist Amalia Ulman presents her first film and e-sports team Karmine Corp win big.

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Edgar / Xin Liu / Blinky Bill / Johnny Marr

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Artist Grayson Perry and his alter ego Claire present this special 'Brextravaganza'

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